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Are user fees really regressive?
Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Philippopulos, Apostolēs - 2012
by the Ramsey government not only increases aggregate efficiency, but it also decreases inequality. This result is in … contrast to common view and policy practice. -- user fees ; Ramsey taxation ; efficiency ; inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571131
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Tuition fees, as user prices, and private incentives
Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Philippopulos, Apostolēs; … - 2016
This paper studies the aggregate and distributional implications of introducing tuition fees for public education services into a tax system with income and consumption taxes. The setup is a neoclassical growth model where agents differ in capital holdings. We show that the introduction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011500172
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On the provision of excludable public goods general taxes or user prices?
Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Philippopulos, Apostolēs - 2020
, we address both efficiency and distribution issues. The focus is on the effects of user prices on individual incentives … and choices. We identify circumstances under which a market system of user prices not only enhances aggregate efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012319430